Police in Takahama City, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 54-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of her 91-year-old father at their home by not reporting his death.
Police said Rina Yamamoto told them her father died about a month ago and that she didn’t know what to do, Kyodo News reported.
On Saturday morning, police received a call from a relative saying that there had been no contact with Yamamoto or her father for some time. Police went to the house and found the father lying face up in the living room on the first floor. There were no visible injuries. The suspect was home at the time.
Police said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death.
© Japan Today
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MarkX
So obviously this woman has mental issues, and that is why she did not know what to do when her father died. Why arrest her when she really needs mental care. Also, why didn't the relative that called the police go over themselves and see what had happened? Family in Japan can be really strange sometimes!
browny1
MarkX - agree.
We don't know full details, but deteriorating mental health can cause great confusion and inability to handle "normal" tasks. This easily could have been the case in Takahama.
My elderly friends sister in law lived alone and although had a slight mental disability worked in a sheltered workshop situation and was fully independent. I met her once and she appeared as a nice middle-aged lady.
My friend got a call one day from her supervisor saying she was beginning to smell badly and could she check in on her.
Much to her surprise the Genkan was covered deep in feces.
Apparently the toilet was blocked so she began defecating in the Genkan. This had been going on for weeks.
She was unable to comprehend the enormous reality of the situation - while at the same time operating as normal to her outside world.
The article's case could quite easily be like this.
grc
MarkX - disagree. There is no ‘obviously’ about it